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Soujirou Seta is just as bad though, he looks and talks like Soujirou Seta from Rurouni Kenshin.
Of course, Watsuki can't say jack shit about that one, he's far more guilty of parodies and influences. Rurouni Kenshin was FULL of X-Men characters.

Really? Rurouni Kenshin is one of my favourite manga and i did watch some x-men cartoon but i dont see any connection between the 2

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Originally Posted by blackwhite67

I didn't see any relation between Rurouni Kenshin and X-men.

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Originally Posted by Breimoon

what, really??? Didn't see rurouni kenshin yet.

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Originally Posted by tsunade666

O_O

I don't understand this. I watch Rurouni Kenshin and even buy the dvd's but .... X-men? sorry but maybe I just don't know any western comic novel or something but I don't have a clue on what you said.

Here you go.
Watsuki also based a lot of his characters off fighting games, but SNK returned that favor as well. (until eventually they hooked up and worked together)
I have the entire original Rurouni Kenshin tankoubons (not the kanzenban), and Watsuki talks about his influences a lot in the atogaki.

Soujirou Seta is just as bad though, he looks and talks like Soujirou Seta from Rurouni Kenshin.
Of course, Watsuki can't say jack shit about that one, he's far more guilty of parodies and influences. Rurouni Kenshin was FULL of X-Men characters.

As far as I know, the Japanese manga-anime-light novel industry is fine with parodies and shout-outs, so as long it doesn't cross the line and becomes plagiarism. Especially in series dealing with otaku protagonists and/or otaku culture, where mention of other works (or their parodies) is a must. In some cases, some authors/mangaka might even consider it an honour to be parodied (in a flattering way, ofc).

Here you go.
Watsuki also based a lot of his characters off fighting games, but SNK returned that favor as well. (until eventually they hooked up and worked together)
I have the entire original Rurouni Kenshin tankoubons (not the kanzenban), and Watsuki talks about his influences a lot in the atogaki.

WOW. Mind Blown. This explains why I thought the characters were so familiar.

From the known party members of tea party. Nyanta is probably the close combat member that leads in battle. Kanami probably just drag them where ever she wants. Shiroe the strategist. Naotsugu is the tank. Souji? He calls naotsugu and shiroe as sempai. I don't know if its age o seniority in the group.

Do swashbucklers do more damage if they get hurt? Or was he trying to help raise the druid girl raise her skill experience. Does this mean you can register a person as a friend without them knowing? Talk about stalking potential . Aohige does the author ever have a character steal a item from another character?

Do swashbucklers do more damage if they get hurt? Or was he trying to help raise the druid girl raise her skill experience. Does this mean you can register a person as a friend without them knowing? Talk about stalking potential . Aohige does the author ever have a character steal a item from another character?

swashbucklers need a little time to put their debuffs on enemy so it is not as they do more damage if they get hurt but they do more dmg the more time passes.(though it is probably limited to a few stacks kinda like in wow where 5 less defense is the max) As for the register a person as a friend don't know.

Do swashbucklers do more damage if they get hurt? Or was he trying to help raise the druid girl raise her skill experience. Does this mean you can register a person as a friend without them knowing? Talk about stalking potential . Aohige does the author ever have a character steal a item from another character?

Swashbucklers damage increase as the fight goes on due to applied debuffs obviously.

You can register anyone if you're within their range.
You can see where anyone on the friend list is as well.
So it's not so much a friend list as it is a stalker list.

swashbucklers need a little time to put their debuffs on enemy so it is not as they do more damage if they get hurt but they do more dmg the more time passes.(though it is probably limited to a few stacks kinda like in wow where 5 less defense is the max) As for the register a person as a friend don't know.

Oh I see. Is the anime making him less brutal? Or did the manga take liberties with the story. In the manga I think shiroe killed him with a knife of some sort .

Rondark was knifed by shiroe before they left. Its more like a reminder or warning in the manga. He gutted the guy in front of the guild.

You can add anyone I. The friend list without the other person accepting the request?

Yeah they way I see Shiroe as perceived is pretty brutal if you piss him off at least. The anime has made it pretty contradictory. He doesn't seem as brutal, but considering they've been doing this so well.

Spoiler for Who needs a rape face?:

Oh Aohgie answered my question on the anime thread. Guess the elf guy was the real leader explains why Shiroe called him out.